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Exhibition Review : Forgotten! Scott, Brandtner, Eveleigh, Webber: Revisiting Montreal Abstraction of the 1940s

Abstract artwork by Gordon Webber

By Alexis Janssen, BA Art History. McGill Visual Arts Collection ARIA Intern (2022) Museum Database Assistant (2023) Forgotten! Scott, Brandtner, Eveleigh, Webber: Revisiting Montreal Abstraction of the 1940s closed at the Musée de Joliette last January, and is currently on …

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Françoise Sullivan at 100

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Updated January 31, 2024 “Avant tout la danse est un reflexe, une expression spontanée d’émotions vivement ressenties. | More than anything else, dance is a reflex, a spontaneous expression of intense emotion” Françoise Sullivan, “La Danse et L’espoir.” Refus Global. …

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Celebrate Homecoming 2023 with the Library

Flag on McGill Arts Building against blue sky

Make the Library your happy place during Homecoming! (Re)connect with the McGill community this fall with a masterclass, special events, branch tours, exhibits and more. Our 2023 Homecoming programming has something for everyone. We hope to see you there! Special …

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New Artworks in the Visible Storage Gallery

By McGill Visual Arts Collection Recently the Visual Arts Collection added a few new artwork to our Visible Storage Gallery on the 4th Floor of the McLennan Library. Let us introduce you to these artworks! Sharni Pootoogook, Square Dance, 2000, …

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Mapping a History of the Battle of Arras

Sébastien de Beaulieu (1612-1678) Cartographer/Illustrator, French Jean Frosne (1623-1676) and Nicolas Cochlin (1610-1678) Engravers, French  The Battle of Arras, 1654, Engraving, 225 x 200 cm McGill Visual Arts Collection, 1984-002

by Hugo Barsacq-Camard, Undergraduate Student Intern, McGill Visual Arts Collection On the second floor of McGill’s Faculty Club, hangs a massive historical map that was printed in 1654. The lower two-thirds of the 225 x 200 cm engraving is a …

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The Making of Moments in Time

Explore collection highlights featured in the historically minded, family-friendly (and pretty!) new “Moments in Time” card game developed by staff members and students at ROAAr.

Artwork Highlight: La Tarea by Leticia Tarragó

Etching, by Leticia Tarragó featuring a girl sitting at a table with a large figure behind her.

By Kiana Vakily, Museum Database Intern, McGill Visual Arts Collection La Tarea, meaning “homework” in Spanish, is a print by Mexican artist Leticia Tarragó. Born in Veracruz in 1940, Tarragó first studied in Mexico City where, at the age of …

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Student Spotlight: Alexis Janssen at the Visual Arts Collection

Student employment in the McGill Library benefits the entire McGill community. At 100+ strong this academic year, McGill Library student workers gain valuable work experience while engaging in academic pursuits.  Student navigators, curatorial interns, special project assistants and student researchers …

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“Groundwork” of a Different Kind

Alexis Janssen, McGill Visual Arts Collection Museum Database Assistant lire la version française This work, which is on view in the Visible Storage Gallery of the McLennan Library, is part of a series created by Montreal-based artist Sylvia Safdie that …

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Caption This! Choral edition

‘Wake up, Mr. Jones!  No, not you, the one next to you.  It’s a B flat in bar 37.’ Our thanks this month to Stephen Silvester for the caption! Honourable mention to Richard Orlando for his submission:           …

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